quote Ferrari in Maranello Briefing for Kimi RaikkonenTo continue working with the team and make the most of the last race of the season and key test 2015Briefing with a show for Kimi

Maranello, 13 November - Kimi Raikkonen is back in Maranello immediately after the Brazilian Grand Prix, to continue working with the team and make the most of the last race of the season and key test for 2015 that will take place in the days immediately following the Grand Prix . The Finn met with Team Principal, Marco Mattiacci and Technical Director James Allison. They spoke of the new car and the intense work that awaits Scuderia Ferrari for the upcoming season. Kimi has also started approaching the race in Abu Dhabi with his engineers analyzing data already held by the team and those collected during the tests conducted on the simulator by Raikkonen himself but also by Pedro de la Rosa.

After the meeting Kimi reached some journalists at Fiorano who were engaged in a special day dedicated to F12berlinetta and had fun being a very special mentor for the group of experts of the leading publications in the automotive world. Raikkonen took the car to the limit, demonstrating the enormous potential and wonderful journalists, who have had the privilege to make a few laps with him. In this video, here are the spectacular images of Kimi and its special passengers on F12berlinetta.

Watch Kimi drift an F12 round FioranoTop Gear rides shotgun as F1 legend Raikkonen gets sideways at Ferrari’s test trackKimi Raikkonen hasn't had the greatest year behind the wheel of his F2014, registering just 53 points to date as teammate Fernando Alonso has clocked up 157.

But don't go thinking the 2007 world champ has lost his touch behind the wheel. Earlier this week, Top Gear hung out at Ferrari's Fiorano test track with Kimi, and was treated to a shotgun lap as the notoriously taciturn Finn chucked an F12 Berlinetta around the greasy circuit. Mostly sideways.

Sublime doesn't even begin to cover it. If you reckon F1 drivers today are simply button-pushers rather than proper drivers, have a good long watch of the video and prepare to quickly reconsider. This is proper helmsmithery: traction control off, right foot pinned, drifting the 740bhp, rear-drive V12 in the flippant manner that us normal humans might pilot a bumper car after a couple of glasses of mulled wine.

We shouldn't be surprised. After all, Kimi is every bit as proficient at rallying as circuit racing, competing in the WRC between 2009 and 2011. And, of course, he's Finnish. Finns learn sideways before they learn to walk.

Whichever way, it's all a trifle humbling. Trust us, there's nothing quite like wincing alongside a deceptively small Finnish man as he holds a legendarily spiky supercar at the very edge of sideways with just one hand resting lazily on the wheel - all the while chatting amiably about the limitations of road tyres - to make one very, very aware how entirely rubbish one is at driving.

At the F12 isn't even Kimi's company car. No, the snow-loving Finn has an FF on his driveway: more practical all year round, y'see.

"But most of the time in Italy," he tells us. "Someone drives me. Easiest that way."

quoteMaranello, 20 November 2014 – Scuderia Ferrari and Fernando Alonso announce that, by common consent, they have ended their relationship.

Fernando Alonso leaves the team at the end of this season, after a five year period which, with one race remaining, saw him score 1186 points, 44 podiums and 11 wins.

Everyone at Scuderia Ferrari thanks Fernando for his great contribution on both a personal and professional level.

“In the Scuderia Ferrari roll of honour of great drivers, Fernando Alonso will always occupy a special place” – commented Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal, Marco Mattiacci. “We offer him our heartfelt thanks for what has been an extraordinary adventure with the Scuderia, when in the past five years, he twice came so close to winning the world championship. I am sure that a great driver like Fernando will always hold the Prancing Horse dear to his heart and I also expect the Ferrari fans will continue to hold him in high regard in his future endeavours.”

“Today is not an easy one for me, because even if I always look to the future with great enthusiasm and determination, at the end of this season my journey as a Ferrari driver will come to an end” – said Fernando Alonso. “It was a difficult decision to take, but a carefully considered one and from start to finish, my love for Ferrari was a prime consideration. I have always been lucky enough to make my own decisions about my future and I have that possibility now too. I must thank the team for that, as it understood my position. I leave Scuderia Ferrari after five years, during which I reached my very best level professionally, tackling major challenges that pushed me to find new limits. I also proved to be a true team-player, putting the interests of the Scuderia before my own. When I had to take important decisions about my future, I did so with Ferrari in my heart, driven by my love for the team. I am very proud of what we have achieved together. Thanks to the efforts of the men and women of Maranello, on three occasions we came second in the Formula 1 World Championship, two of them fighting for the title right up to and including the final race, running in a championship winning position for many laps. Without a shadow of a doubt, these five years produced some of the best moments of my career and I also feel that, in leaving the team, it is family rather than friends I am leaving behind. Now I look to the future with great enthusiasm, knowing that part of my heart will always belong to the Prancing Horse. I want to thank each and everyone of the team for the trust they showed in me.”- See more at: http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/fernand...h.Aa8H5xkf.dpuf

Fernando Alonso has hit out at Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Marco Mattiacci following the Italian's comments on Friday in Abu Dhabi.

Ferrari confirmed earlier this week that Alonso would leave the team after five years together and Mattiacci said during the FIA press conference that Ferrari decided to sign Sebastian Vettel because it wanted a driver with the "utmost motivation and commitment".

Mattiacci added: "I'm sure he will bring the phenomenal experience that he went through Red Bull and the enthusiasm needed to go through certain difficult moments that are waiting for us."

Speaking after qualifying at the Yas Marina circuit Alonso, who was beaten by team-mate Kimi Raikkonen for only the third time this season, suggested the Italian only hired Vettel after giving up on trying to retain him.

"I heard the comments and I don't think they were very good," said Alonso, who will start Sunday's race 10th, alongside Raikkonen on the fifth row.

"If he tried to mean that I was not motivated, he arrived at Ferrari too late.

"He's only been here for a few months and has not seen the five years that I've spent here and how I've fought every single race.

"Probably I was too old when he tried to renew me until the Monza race, and he kept pushing, and pushing and having talks, and even in the last moment we had a lot of phone calls and e-mails that I still have in my computer.

"Probably at that time I was not so old, but when I took my decision I guess he had to find another driver.